snapshots

xiv. vintage /December 2013/

'A vintage bicycle',

the old man tells me,

causing me to frown.

Vintage?

How many times have I heard that?

A vintage photograph,

some vintage wallpaper,

a vintage record player.

Is there anything that isn't vintage?

If a bicycle can be vintage,

then I declare my Chihuahua

vintage;

my bedding

vintage;

my books

vintage;

my pencils

vintage;

my earrings

vintage;

practically everything I own,

vintage.